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#8: Control and structure behind the scenes

There was a turning point in the 20-year history of Core-Backbone GmbH that changed a great deal. As company founder Daniel recalls: “๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ-๐˜‰๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜น ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜น ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜น ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ธ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข […]

20 Years Core-Backbone

#7: The first expansions: Frankfurt and Munich

โ€œ๐˜๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜•๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜จ. ๐˜๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜”๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ.โ€ says Ulrich Kรถhler, Head of Network and IT Operations. With each new location, routing complexity, redundancy requirements, and the need for clean BGP policies grew.What began as a local network gradually evolved into a […]

20 Years Core-Backbone

#6: When renowned customers come knocking

According to CEO and founder Daniel, there wasnโ€™t really a single moment when it became clear that โ€œthings were getting serious.โ€ But when the first major clients started reaching out, it became clear what expectations were on the table. Enthusiasm turned into responsibility: It was no longer just about a passion for technology, but suddenly […]

20 Years Core-Backbone

#5: The biggest challenge

What seems obvious today was severely limited by infrastructure back then.The biggest technical hurdle was clear: โ€œ๐˜Ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜•๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜จโ€, recalls Ulrich, who has been with the company as network manager from the very beginning. This led to intensive discussions and a great deal of planning in advance. It was precisely […]

20 Years Core-Backbone

#4: Support that builds the future

A key milestone was our personal exchange with the founders of Hetzner Online, Martin Hetzner, and noris network, Ingo Kraupa. From the very beginning, we had visionary entrepreneurs by our side who believed in us and supported us early on. Our founder Daniel, remains very grateful for this to this day. To him, it’s โ€œ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ […]

20 Years Core-Backbone